Let the Vine creation begin: 6Sec, the unofficial Vine app for Windows Phone 8, is now available

Unofficial Vine app, 6Sec, for Windows Phone

We've been reporting on 6Sec, the new Vine app from developer extraordinaire Rudy Huyn (Wikipedia, Fuse, TVShow) for a few weeks now, detailing some of the progress of the app. Then earlier this forenoon, nosotros told you it was set for public release after many hard hours of beta testing by virtually a thousand users.

While an official Vine app was announced final week for Windows Telephone, from our understanding that app is however in gestation and nosotros don't expect information technology for weeks if not months to hit the Shop. Even and then, we take a sneaky suspicion that Huyn's version will still exist improve, due to his flair for pattern and perfection.

Luckily for Windows Phone 8 fans, you can now join in on the Vine-miracle past downloading 6Sec right from the Shop today.

Vine, for those who aren't familiar, is a new service acquired by the folks at Twitter and launched on iOS in January of this year. After, an Android version of the app was also launched and promises of it reaching other platforms were made though no firm date or annunciation for Windows Phone was always established. The service does to video what Twitter has done to text messaging, that is it forces an capricious limit (six seconds) for what are essentially time-lapsed video clips that tin can be shared on social networks, including Twitter and Facebook.

Unofficial Vine app, 6Sec, for Windows Phone

The service was scoffed at commencement by many, much like Twitter, but as information technology turns out the platform has forced some unique inventiveness from users and it is steadily taking off. Notwithstanding, Twitter frienemy Instagram recently launched "Instagram video" which doubles the length for the video clips and allows the application of its famous filters, all in an endeavour to steal Vine'due south thunder.

Regardless, those on Windows Phone can at present take part in the Vine revolution. While other apps on the platform have allowed users to view Vines from other users, 6Sec is the first application to allow the cosmos and uploading of Vine videos directly from the phone.

Unofficial Vine app, 6Sec, for Windows Phone

The solution from programmer Rudy Huyn is a familiar 1: utilize the Vine APIs and an intermediary server to process your videos and uploads. Because of that, Huyn incurs a cost for maintaining hardware for 6Sec, something for which he hopes to recoup past the modest in-app purchase.

The app though has also undergone an extensive and widely publicized Beta test, ensuring a smooth, polished production brimming full of features, including:

Lens back up – Users tin create Vines from within the camera app
Account creation – Create an account, login with Facebook and manage your account e.g. profile photo
Explore trending posts, featured hashtags and channels
Search Vines using hashtags
Share Vines to Twitter and Facebook
Live Tile – double wide tile back up, including notification support (background agent)

In short, 6Sec is non only a superb Vine client, it is arguably better than the official apps found on iOS and Android.

Just don't take our discussion for it, head to the Store now to give 6Sec an official spin here. The app is complimentary to try, though the upload feature tin can just be used twice, after which a small, one-time in-app purchase is required to continue to create Vines. Windows Phone eight just.

Have feedback on the app? Make certain you post it beneath as Huyn volition often reply to comments and questions!

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